CMTS Announces the 3rd Annual Quarry Farm Fireplace Creative Writing Contest
Contest is open to 2nd-6th graders. Deadline is April 24, 2020.
Category: Twain for Teachers
Upcoming Staged Reading Will Celebrate Sam and Livy's 150th Wedding Anniversary
Event takes place on Wednesday, February 5 at 7pm on the Elmira College Campus
An Interview With Virgie Hoban About Six Degrees of Mark Twain
Check out this unique multimedia resource focused on Mark Twain’s social network, created by Virgie Hoban and the Mark Twain Project.
Take A Virtual Tour of Woodlawn Cemetery, Resting Place of Mark Twain & Many Other Notable Figures of Nineteenth-Century America
In our episode of the C19: America In The 19th-Century podcast, Matt Seybold took listeners on an audio-tour of Woodlawn Cemetery in Elmira, the resting place of not only Mark Twain, but conductors and stationmasters on the Underground Railroad and many unsung activists and philanthropists. The podcast was one of our major projects of 2019, alongside the launch of several notable resources for scholars and teachers. We are proud to […]
Members of the Elmira College Community Perform A Revised Version of “A True Story”
In September 2019, the Elmira College community performed a revised version of “A True Story”
Teachers Convene At Quarry Farm and Elmira College to Discuss Mark Twain and Generation Z
A group of forty-six K-12 teachers, librarians, and other educators gathered in Elmira this week for the 2019 Summer Teachers Institute to discuss the challenges and opportunities created by using Mark Twain’s life and work with students from “Generation Z.” The Institute was led by Dr. Jocelyn Chadwick, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, recent President of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and author […]
Results from the 2nd Annual Quarry Farm Fireplace Writing Contest
The contest is open to all 2nd-6th graders within a 25 mile radius of Quarry Farm
Mark Twain Forum Reviews: Teaching Huckleberry Finn by John Nogowski
Hugh H. Davis reviews Teaching Huckleberry Finn by John Nogowski for the MarK Twain Forum.
Twain For Teachers: “The N-Word In The Classroom” (C19 Podcast)
Dr. Koritha Mitchell hosts a recent episode of the C19 Podcast on “The N-Word in the Classroom.”
Interactive Map of 1901 Elmira Now Available
In collaboration with SmallTown 360, the Center for Mark Twain Studies has created an interactive map of 1901 Elmira. The map highlights the important people and places that shaped Mark Twain and the Langdon family during his summers in Elmira. Key points include Quarry Farm, the Langdon Mansion, and the Park Church. The map also points out lesser known places like the home of Darius Ford, friend of Twain and […]